[Wikipedia-l] Non-notability "abuse"

[Delirium]

Ronald Chmara wrote:
> On Sep 18, 2007, at 12:49 AM, J.L.W.S. The Special One wrote:
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>> After a bitter dispute with an SGpedian on [[Singapore Airlines]],
>> Russavia nominated many articles on Singaporean hotels for deletion.
>> These included [[Shangri-La Hotel Singapore]] (the flagship hotel of
>> the Shangri-La group).
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> Does your encyclopedia list hotels, too?
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>   
>> Chen Liping - one of Singapore's top actresses. Claims to notability:
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> Does your encyclopedia list actresses, too?
>   

It hardly requires any sort of radical "Wikipedia isn't paper" 
justification to include hotels and actresses in an encyclopedia. Even 
the most staid, old-fashioned encyclopedias of eras past, like 
Britannica's famous 1911 edition, included both. What exactly is the 
objection here?

-Mark